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Argentina 3-0, tests 18-year-old parallel star: The first one was replaced by Scaloni, 0 goals and 0 assists in 9 games

2:14pm, 5 September 2025Football

On September 5, in the second round of the South American World Cup qualifiers, Argentina played against Venezuela at home. In this game, Argentine captain Messi once again became the winner of the game, performing actively, scoring one goal in the first and second half, Lautaro came on the bench to score, and Argentina defeated his opponent completely. However, the performance of the team's young player Mastantono was disappointing. Argentina 3-0, tests the 18-year-old parallel star: the first time was replaced by Scaloni, with 0 goals and 0 assists in 9 games.

In the 39th minute of this game, Alvarez passed the ball selflessly against the goalkeeper, and Messi scored after getting the ball. In the second half, Argentina wasted goals and in the 76th minute, Gonzalez assisted Lautaro in a header with a cross from the left, 2-0! Four minutes later, Almada hit the cross and Messi pushed the ball to win another goal for the team. Messi scored 1 goal since then, but was beaten for being offside first. After the game, Messi personally admitted that this was his last Argentina home game. Argentina coach Scaloni said that Messi will not play in the final match of the World Cup. The Messi era, which belongs to Argentina, is about to come to an end. Next year's World Cup is over, and Messi is likely to bid farewell to the national team. After Messi retires, who can take over his position in Argentina? At present, Mastantono, who is highly anticipated, is difficult to become the next leader of the Argentina team.

In the match between Argentina and Venezuela, Mastantono started and played very positively in this game, but his contribution was limited. He completed one long shot and missed the goal, had one pass, one interception, one clearance, three fouls, seven ground scrambles and two successful games, and lost the ball 15 times. Mastantono made many mistakes on the court and hesitated after getting the ball, which slowed down the Argentina's offensive rhythm to a certain extent. In the 63rd minute, Scaloni made his first substitution in this game and replaced Mastantono with Gonzalez. 13 minutes later, Scaloni's substitution achieved results, with Gonzalez assisting Lautaro to score. Gonzalez's speed and explosive power are not available to Mastantono, and he does not have the impact of Gonzalez. Mastantono is slow, has poor skills, and is thin, so he can't tell what outstanding characteristics he has.

In his last nine games Mastantono played for River Plate, Real Madrid and the Argentina national team, he had neither scored nor assisted. Mastantono started at Real Madrid, but was questioned by Real Madrid fans and did not perform well in the Argentina national team. It was indeed quite satisfactory. Real Madrid was misled by the transfer fee of 45 million euros.

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